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"The Trade Federation Troop Carrier earned a BrickScore of 73.8 and a 4.55 owner rating from the 174 collectors lucky enough to obtain it, and multiple expert reviewers called it one of the best Star Wars GWPs in years, with only the restrictive purchase-threshold acquisition model drawing consistent criticism."
The Trade Federation Troop Carrier (40686) earned near-universal praise from the reviewers who could get one, scoring a BrickScore of 73.8 and a 4.55 owner average across 174 ratings. Expert reviewers from MandRproductions, Five Lonely Clones, Solid Brix Studios, The Brothers Brick, and Brickset all called it a high-quality, collector-focused build, praising its brown-and-tan color scheme, deployable battle droid rack, and eight included battle droids. The near-universal caveat is practical: as a 2024 May the 4th gift-with-purchase requiring a $160+ LEGO.com spend during a narrow five-day window, most fans simply could not buy it, and it is now retired and only available on the secondary market.
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"to me this set is quite literally a 10 out of 10 it's as perfect as they come"
MandRproductions
"I'm going to give it a 9.4 out of 10 like I said the only problem is that small gap between the rack and the front of the Droid carrier everything else is great"
Five Lonely Clones"to me this set is quite literally a 10 out of 10 it's as perfect as they come"
"I'm going to give it a 9.4 out of 10 like I said the only problem is that small gap between the rack and the front of the Droid carrier everything else is great"
Amazon4.6
LEGO.com4.1
